Okie

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Okie

2024,

1h 26m,

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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Louie, a wealthy writer, returns to his beleaguered hometown after his father passes away. The town, a weathered setting, and its people, equally worn, have served as the spiritual muses for Louie's popular, rustic anthology. Upon his return, Louie is reunited with his childhood friends, the very same people he utilized as central characters in his pretentious novels. Thus ensues a confusing swirl of nostalgia and enmity as Louie is dragged from party-to-party, coming face-to-face with those whose lives he's exploited for his own financial gain. But soon, as his grip on reality slips, he begins to wonder if these ostensibly simple townsfolk don't have their own version of payback in mind.

Zachary Lee

RogerEbert.com

Nov 14, 2024

A perspicacious and revealing watch for those who have thought they've grown beyond the scope and needs of their hometowns and communities.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Nov 30, 2024

B-

The story is a familiar one and nothing fresh is uncovered.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Nov 23, 2024

Capture(s) the spirit of being someone from a small, insular community who may have left and become more “cosmopolitan,” but is also, deep down, just some hick kid from the sticks.

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Matthew Creith

Matinee With Matt

Nov 20, 2024

Okie begs the question: can someone really go back home?

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Nov 9, 2024

Though Okie can verge on the condescendingly simplistic itself, it has the strong atmosphere and concentrated punch of a good short story.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

Nov 8, 2024

3/5

“Okie” leaves us contemplating whether the things we tell ourselves about our own lives may be acts of self-deception. The result is a simply told story that, nevertheless, has some disturbing questions directed to us just below the surface.

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Kate Cobb

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Scott Michael Foster

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Kevin Bigley

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Louie, a wealthy writer, returns to his beleaguered hometown after his father passes away. The town, a weathered setting, and its people, equally worn, have served as the spiritual muses for Louie's popular, rustic anthology. Upon his return, Louie is reunited with his childhood friends, the very same people he utilized as central characters in his pretentious novels. Thus ensues a confusing swirl of nostalgia and enmity as Louie is dragged from party-to-party, coming face-to-face with those whose lives he's exploited for his own financial gain. But soon, as his grip on reality slips, he begins to wonder if these ostensibly simple townsfolk don't have their own version of payback in mind.

Director: Kate Cobb
Screenwriter: Kevin Bigley
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Chicago Media Angels, In the Rye Productions
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2024
Runtime: 1h 26m

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